Ford planning to use diesel technology on its next-gen EcoBoost engines

April 14th, 2010 Comments Off Posted in Diesel Engines, Engines

As you may know already we told you earlier today that Ford will expand its fuel-saving technology to three additional engines but the American manufacturer confirmed further details.

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Under the Micra scope – Nissan’s new tiddler (North Shore Times)

March 22nd, 2010 Comments Off Posted in Diesel Engines

QUESTIONS. Questions. Questions. Nissan unveiled its new Micra in Europe this week but it is still playing hard to get when it comes to the details.

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Exclusive 53 up-close images of Premier Rio

October 28th, 2009 Comments Off Posted in Diesel Engines, General

Interior plastics are nothing to write home about; the top-end with alloys looks stylish Here are some of the details discussed during the launch – – Zotye began their operations in China in the year 2005 – Premier will bring more Zotye products in the future into India as CKDs – The vehicle is expected to return a fuel economy figure of 16-18kmpl – 500 vehicles will be assembled in the company’s facility every month – Premier is using a 1,500cc diesel engine, adopted from Peugeot,

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Maruti Suzuki Launches New SX4 With VVT Engine And Automatic Transmission Today In India

October 26th, 2009 Comments Off Posted in General, Transmissions

As we already provided you the details about the new SX4, find the Press release below. Press Release: Maruti Suzuki, the largest car manufacturer in the country, today launched the new SX4 sedan with an engine powered by advanced VVT technology. The company has also introduced a 4-speed automatic transmission variant of the new SX4. The environment friendly [...]

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1973 Honda CB750 (Stock Bike For Project)

October 26th, 2009 Comments Off Posted in Engines, General

If you are looking for a decent starting point for a cafe racer project, this might be a good bike to begin your work. It’s a 1973 Honda CB750 that is basically stock and in good shape. The seller provided a good list of his recent upgrades to the mechanicals, so I just cut and pasted the list shown below. There are a few more pictures on eBay of some of the details on the bike, but these give you an overall idea of what this bike has in store for you… I don’t know if this bike is going to sel

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